The law in the world is contextual only and is not limited to india alone coz we had our laws written rather copied from western law only. Whether our constitution or laws are dated. But we added some more relevant to india like banning child marriage, sathi etc. and religion specific laws which are unique to india. Claiming some one as some thing is straight from whatever they professed viz ambedkar is synonymous with backward classes, Jinna for pak and partition, may be modi as hindu saviour, Nehru for socialism and India for failed socialism experiment.
The author has quoted two things. One Westerners function on moral absolutes, Indians function on contextual morality.He also quote Geeta. Well. Can he answer if the Westerners function on moral absolutes, why America is behaving like big brother.What right they had to declare war on Iraq and klll millions of innocent and unarmed people.Is it based on moral absolute. When it comes to contextual morality, we have not liquidatd those people who raise anti-India slogans and help terrorists in providing shelter. If Govt. of India or Army starts taking such action, definitely things will go out of hand, kashmiri muslims have to flee kashmir valley and go to Pakistan which is perpetraing terrorism. Don't bring westerners thinking into Indian thinking which is age old and withstood all types of wars against it. If you can suggest some ways to improve our thinking, most welcome.
RE:Ramanujam Theory.
by rajesh on Dec 18, 2007 12:49 PM Permalink
Venkat : True. If westeners function on moral absolutes, then why did they invade countries after countries in the last few centuries ?. Why do they indugle in invading and destroying soverign nations like Iraq even in 21st century ?. Why do they have societies where gun culture run high even in schools resulting in mass murders of students ?. Why do they have much intolerence against faiths other than xtainity and pour billions of dollars to the conversion factories ?. What mideset lead to massacres of Jews ? Why do they still practice racial descrimination ?.
RE:Modi and the Ramanujam Test
by vivek jain on Dec 18, 2007 12:55 PM Permalink
Intellectual is a word that doesn't exist in the Koran, people who are intellectuals are thrown out of their country and avoided by their community.. We have had a Ramakrishna Paramhansa,Vivekananda,Rabindranath Tagore,Osho and recently people like aashram bapu,Ravishankar [ the recent one's are nothing but just preachers of good and healthy life with followers from all religions]. Could you name one famous Intellectual from an Islamic background with a following of ppl from different religious sects. All they do to their intellectual class is issue FATWA's against them like Taslima, Salman Rushdie etc. These people have a weak fundamental setup which deprives their community members to become respected intellectuals.
RE:Modi and the Ramanujam Test
by ss gpal on Dec 18, 2007 07:31 PM Permalink
Intellectuals in muslim world there are plenty.Saddam hussein, osama bi laaden, Joker from afghanisthan who bangs osamas sister ( cant remember his name),Gaddafi,Arafart, jokers in paki land, the MLA from hyderabad who threatened taslima, That idiot from the jumma masjid in Old delhi, Aurang zeb, The cretins from sod e arabia, hook handed cretin from UK who got deported, the list is endless.What nonsense are you talking about.Muslim is an intellectual from birth and more so when some thing gets chopped off!
ALWAYS WESTERNERS FIND IT DIFFICULT TO PRONOUNCE HENCE THEY CHANGED ALL THE NAMES ACCORDING TO THEIR CONVENIENCE. LIKE THEIR FAITH TOO, ADHAMA AND HYVYAYATHI CHANGED TO ADAM AND EVE HENCE THE ALL THE RELEGIOUS PROBLEMS. WHEN JESUS VISITED INDIA BEFORE BECOMING PROPHET HE FOUND THESE FACTS AND HE WENT BACK TO JERUSALEM WITH "KRISHNA THATVA" HENCE HE WAS PREJUDICED. LATER ON IT IS CHANGED INTO "CHRISTIANITY" FROM "KRISHNA THATVA". THEY ALL FOLLOW HINDUISM AND PART OF HINDUISM ONLY.
For long Congress and many other state parties were holding on to power by pleasing the minorities as it was the easiest thing to do.Create a fear atmosphere, so that Congress stays in power. When the equation changes it finds it very diffilcut to change its image.
Take the case of UP, Mayawati changed the equation by uniting the Dalit and Muslim votes.Mulayam on the other hand cant change his image as Hindus (including Dalits) wont approve of him.Look at Gujarat initially there were protests from Congress about Sohrabuddin and riots but when Congress saw it was to BJP's advantage they changed track and were out to prove that there was no development in Gujarat.It backfired Congress has not been able to come to power for more than 12 years.
it seems rediff has stopped the campaign against modi, it has done its slavery to congress for the amount it has accepted as bribe.any way modi still wins,as truth will win over untruth,the soorpanaka sonai n ravan MMS r dead as far as gujrat is considered.
The essay is thought provoking but does not find a way.The concept of absolute morality is only a religious and philosophical construct and to some extent influences the laws legislated in the Western Societies. I don't think that it is practiced anywhere in the real world. The Western Countries have done a lot of immoral acts as nation states. The so called absolutism in public morality has not prevented tyrants from ruling these nations. All we can say is that the powerful will always getaway with anything. Whether it is the CPM or Modi, there will always be reasons to justify their continued existence. Why lament over it.
The western media is so strong that even they have capability to covince us that western culture is good and indian culture is bad. We don't have itellect to analyse it. We are just like a straw, who ever has the strong wind we start flowing in that direction. Before we were under Russian influence now in USA dominance. Where are our own thoughts and way of life.
RE:Weastern Media and Green money
by Cape Comorin on Dec 18, 2007 11:18 AM Permalink
Every culture has both good and bad. And every culture is refined or changed by other culture. If a culture does not undergo any change it will be primitive and barbaric. The bottomline is that we should learn good things from every culture.
RE:Weastern Media and Green money
by Srinidhi Chakravarti on Dec 18, 2007 11:57 AM Permalink
There is no question of "learning". Aryan civilization is the earliest. There was nothing called "civilization" in the west. The west was nothing but a bunch of barbarians. Now, where does the question arise of "learning" from others. Its just a cycle we have to pass through, and its our mindset we are under western influence. Ofcourse, there is a lot of westernization taking place but, this culture will pull out as it doesnt have any strong foundation. Vedic/Aryan culture did NOT have anything bad. If we were that now, the whole world would have been at the feet of Bharat! Stop this inferior thinking of "learning". Aryans are noble, they started "civilization". We have to teach, not to learn. Yes, if this is ego, so let it be.
RE:Weastern Media and Green money
by Cape Comorin on Dec 18, 2007 12:15 PM Permalink
You are in false-pride and continue living in fools' paradise. I bet you yourself cannot follow the 'noble' aryan culture in this modern world.
